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Dividend Champions

Investors who search for a steady income and a solid growth should take a look at stocks from the Dividend Champions list. Dividend Champions are stocks that increased their dividends year after year over a period of 25 or more consecutive years (U.S. Dividend Champions). They are some of the best dividend paying stocks on the world. Below is a full free list of the highest dividend yield stocks sorted by ticker symbols.

Company

Sym

Dividend Yield

1st Source Corp.

SRCE

2.53

3M Company

MMM

2.13

ABM Industries Inc.

ABM

2.25

AFLAC Inc.

AFL

2.26

Air Products & Chem.

APD

2.66

Altria Group Inc.

MO

5.59

American States Water

AWR

2.94

Archer Daniels Midland

ADM

2.06

AT&T Inc.

T

5.32

Atmos Energy

ATO

3.29

Automatic Data Proc.

ADP

2.40

Becton Dickinson & Co.

BDX

1.98

Bemis Company

BMS

2.67

Black Hills Corp.

BKH

3.05

Bowl America Class A

BWL.A

4.86

Brady Corp.

BRC

2.56

Brown-Forman Class B

BF-B

1.50

C.R. Bard Inc.

BCR

0.73

California Water Service

CWT

3.15

Carlisle Companies

CSL

1.25

Chevron Corp.

CVX

3.29

Chubb Corp.

CB

1.97

Cincinnati Financial

CINF

3.56

Cintas Corp.

CTAS

1.25

Clarcor Inc.

CLC

0.97

Clorox Company

CLX

3.48

Coca-Cola Company

KO

2.96

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

CL

2.29

Commerce Bancshares

CBSH

2.05

Community Trust Banc.

CTBI

3.15

Computer Services Inc.

CSVI

2.08

Conn. Water Service

CTWS

3.08

Consolidated Edison

ED

4.46

Diebold Inc.

DBD

3.92

Donaldson Company

DCI

1.36

Dover Corp.

DOV

1.67

Eagle Financial Services

EFSI

3.20

Eaton Vance Corp.

EV

2.06

Emerson Electric

EMR

2.53

Energen Corp.

EGN

0.76

ExxonMobil Corp.

XOM

2.93

Family Dollar Stores

FDO

1.44

Federal Realty Inv. Trust

FRT

3.08

Franklin Resources

BEN

0.79

Genuine Parts Co.

GPC

2.66

Gorman-Rupp Company

GRC

1.00

H.B. Fuller Company

FUL

0.89

HCP Inc.

HCP

5.13

Helmerich & Payne Inc.

HP

2.90

Hormel Foods Corp.

HRL

1.61

Illinois Tool Works

ITW

2.20

Johnson & Johnson

JNJ

3.05

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

KMB

3.44

Lancaster Colony Corp.

LANC

2.04

Leggett & Platt Inc.

LEG

3.98

Lowe's Companies

LOW

1.51

McCormick & Co.

MKC

2.10

McDonald's Corp.

MCD

3.37

McGraw HillFinancial Inc.

MHFI

1.71

Medtronic Inc.

MDT

2.10

Mercury General Corp.

MCY

5.07

MGE Energy Inc.

MGEE

2.99

Middlesex Water Co.

MSEX

3.51

Mine Safety Appliances

MSA

2.33

NACCO Industries

NC

1.80

National Fuel Gas

NFG

2.18

Nordson Corp.

NDSN

0.98

Northwest Natural Gas

NWN

4.34

Nucor Corp.

NUE

3.00

Old Republic International

ORI

4.68

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

PH

1.66

Pentair Ltd.

PNR

1.54

PepsiCo Inc.

PEP

2.86

Piedmont Natural Gas

PNY

3.77

PPG Industries Inc.

PPG

1.46

Procter & Gamble Co.

PG

3.18

Questar Corp.

STR

3.20

Raven Industries

RAVN

1.47

RLI Corp.

RLI

1.56

RPM International Inc.

RPM

2.49

Sherwin-Williams Co.

SHW

1.10

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

SIAL

1.01

SJW Corp.

SJW

2.61

Sonoco Products Co.

SON

3.18

Stanley Black & Decker

SWK

2.21

Stepan Company

SCL

1.11

Sysco Corp.

SYY

3.52

T. Rowe Price Group

TROW

2.11

Target Corp.

TGT

2.69

Telephone & Data Sys.

TDS

1.73

Tennant Company

TNC

1.16

Tompkins Financial Corp.

TMP

3.29

Tootsie Roll Industries

TR

1.04

UGI Corp.

UGI

2.89

United Bankshares Inc.

UBSI

4.28

Universal Corp.

UVV

3.93

Universal Health Realty Trust

UHT

5.97

Valspar Corp.

VAL

1.45

Vectren Corp.

VVC

4.26

VF Corp.

VFC

1.75

W.W. Grainger Inc.

GWW

1.42

Walgreen Company

WAG

2.34

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

WMT

2.54

Weyco Group Inc.

WEYS

2.54

WGL Holdings Inc.

WGL

3.93

Updated:

October 2, 2013

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What is a Stock? Stocks (also called stock or share) are part of the capital stock of a company. It represents the original equity paid into the company. The capital stock could be traded at well-known stock markets like the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or NASDAQ.Every stock or share represents a partition ownership to the company. A stock owner has the ability to receive dividends and has a voting right for the annual general meeting (AGM). The stock owner participates on the business opportunities and risks.

There are two main stock types available: common stock and preferred stock. A common stock gives the shareowner the ability to vote at the annual general meeting and to receive dividends. A preferred stock has no voting right but for compensation, a higher claim for earnings and assets.

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What is a dividend? A dividend is a payment by the company to its shareholders. Normally, a stock pays 4 times a year a quarter dividend in order to participate investors at the company’s success. The amount of dividends in relation to the earnings of a company is called payout ratio. The figure measures the part of the earned money which is paid to the shareholders. A payout ratio of up to 50 percent (half of it's earnings) is a good figure. Sometimes it could be possible that companies can pay 90 percent of its net income due to its business model. Those businesses don’t need much money for growing.

The dividend amount in relation to the price that an investor pays is called the dividend yield. The value measures the return of the investor. A dividend yield of 5 percent (High-Yield) means that the investor receives 5 percent of his investment in cash - pretax within a year. This value is estimated for the full year dividends. Most of the highest yielding dividend stocks have only a big quarter dividend of more than one percent because of it's unsustainable dividends. The capital market expects a dividend dividend cut by the company.

An important date for investors is the ex-dividend date. This is the day on which the new investor doesn’t receive any dividend payments. He must wait 3 month for the next quarter dividend.

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